Comments on: A Mom’s Expectations

By: witsandnuts

witsandnuts — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:17:49 +0000

Beautifully written. I would say I grew in a family not directly putting pressure on me. But substance over form, being the eldest among the cousins, I was set it to exemplify the best as much as possible. Gladly it worked, so far.

By: nance

nance — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:46:13 +0000

An A+ for that essay!
i think as parents we tend to expect too much from our kids, part of it probably is from our upbringing. My parents pushed us kids to excel and as a result I was doing the same thing to my kids … until just like you, realized that they have to make their own paths, their own terms and capability. That being said, i am lucky that so far, our kids are growing up to be what we wanted them to be and hope that they will stay that way.

By: ate sienna

ate sienna — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:55:42 +0000

ay, alam mo, jeanette, allow me to be on the other side of the rope. I was pressured by my mom to excel. I didn’t always have honors in school but it was important for her that I would always be in the “pilot” class.

in a way, bad trip yun for me. kasi minsan scared akong magpakita ng test results ko sa kanya tapos medyo palpak. and my mom can be soooooo strict talaga. her method made me learn a lot in school pero i didn’t really enjoy school. kasi kailangan kong mag-aral mabuti. nung mag-college ako, dun ako naging medyo nag-rebelde. kung kelan pa college saka ako hindi nag-aaral mabuti. eh yun ang pinaka-importante sa lahat.

pero ang feeling ko pa rin, until now, competitive pa rin ako. and the older i get the harder i am on myself na dapat laging maganda, tama, outstanding or exceptional ang outcome ng ginagawa ko. (that part, i think you’ve seen in me na

hehehehehe… hay naku, mamaya sabihin mo, i need to see a shrink

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:33:54 +0000

I think I remember this post over at PMN.

The joys of parenthood certainly has itss and downs. And what a high to see our kids do great things.